Skillset recognised with BEST Outstanding Business Partner Award

Skillset CEO Craig Randazzo said it has been and continues to be a strong partnership between two like-minded organisations who focus on making a positive impact on the programs and services they deliver.

Nirmal Hansra Chair of Campbell Page presents the Outstanding Business Partner Award to Ashley Bland and Craig Randazzo last night at the 2017 BEST awards ceremony in Katoomba.

The Green Army program has been an amazing project to work on, together we have commenced a total of 1380 with around 30% of these young people identifying as Aboriginal Australians.

Together Skillset and Campbell Page have planted a total of 393,044 trees across NSW, the ACT and Queensland, revegetated over 5,385HA of degraded land and carried out weed treatment across 12,178 HA.

The social and economic outcomes have also been so important with Skillset’s Central West programs achieving over 80% employment outcomes for participants.

Although the Australian Government has stopped funding the program, Skillset and Campbell Page are looking at ways the two organisations can continue to achieve the great environmental and employment outcomes, with Skillset starting a new self-funded service called Skillset Land Works.

Land Works aims to involve young local people in on–ground environmental projects in a team environment, with a focus on skills development, and provides a professionally supervised work crew, and is already achieving some great outcomes, with several local projects across the Central West.

For more information on the Land Works program contact Thomas Staff on 1300 853 525